Soccer recruits

[bent20]

Looks like this announcement was overshadowed quite a bit by the football recruiting class.

http://www.gosycamores.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=65165&SPID=7261&DB_OEM_ID=15200&ATCLID=204878388

[SycamoreStateofMind]

Or the fact that it was soccer...

[Sackalot]

hey now...soccer is a great sport! Yes, it isn't as popular in the US, but it is still a great sport. I would love to see our football team or any football team go through the practices that the a soccer team does. Football carries alot of weight in pads, but a soccer player never stops running. It is an interesting comparison. I can tell you this, I played soccer in high school and ran almost 20 miles per day as required by our coach. The football team came and did our 3-a-day practices one day and everyone of them gave up/threw up/went to the trainers. The soccer team went to football practice the next day and ran circles around the football team with pads on.
And yes, we didn't do full contact drills which I know many say is the real reason football is "tough", but my point is conditioning. anyway, I have rambled enough. Give the women some credit they play an elegant sport that is much harder and requires much more than anyone whom has never played can understand.

[logankick2]

hey now...soccer is a great sport! Yes, it isn't as popular in the US, but it is still a great sport. I would love to see our football team or any football team go through the practices that the a soccer team does. Football carries alot of weight in pads, but a soccer player never stops running. It is an interesting comparison. I can tell you this, I played soccer in high school and ran almost 20 miles per day as required by our coach. The football team came and did our 3-a-day practices one day and everyone of them gave up/threw up/went to the trainers. The soccer team went to football practice the next day and ran circles around the football team with pads on.
And yes, we didn't do full contact drills which I know many say is the real reason football is "tough", but my point is conditioning. anyway, I have rambled enough. Give the women some credit they play an elegant sport that is much harder and requires much more than anyone whom has never played can understand.

I pleyed both in high school, and yes i was a reciever so i actually practiced, the running part of soccer is much harder than football but when you take in the hitting and bumps and bruises of football, I personally would say football is harder. Thats not taking anything away from soccer.

[bent20]

Granted it's not the English Premier League, but it's still an Indiana State sports team and the ladies deserve our support.

[egc1985]

i see soccer players walk alot during the game. so i dont think they run the whole game.

[bent20]

i see soccer players walk alot during the game. so i dont think they run the whole game.

They walk a little to catch their breath, but the action is pretty fast paced. If you're a forward or a midfielder you're pretty much running the whole game and unlike most sports you can't sub in and out all the time. It's more like baseball in that regard.

[WestT]

Seems like a pretty good group of ladies coming to the team in the fall.

Kayla Liffick from South -- always good to see some local flavor on the Sycamores. That will hopefully raise the attendance out at Memorial Stadium a little bit.

Megan Hardesty from Ellettsville (Edgewood HS) -- I know that Indiana isn't a major hotbed for top high school soccer talent, but it can't be a bad thing to add the player that led the state in points per game.

Brianna Supulski from Carrollton, Texas -- a heavily recruited goalie out of Hebron HS. Won a couple district titles in high school, along with playing for some highly touted club teams.

It will interesting to see if the team changes their playing style at all now that Coach True has one group of her own recruits within the program.